The panel tasted the Italian Red Varietal category on November 17th, 2017. It featured 22 wines from 15 producers, including 2 “world” wines from Tuscany and Abruzzo Italy. Learn more about how these wines did.

The panel tasted the Roussanne category on June 21st and again on October 18th. It featured 14 wines from 11 producers. The featured wines from the Texas High Plains exclusively. Learn how these wines scored.

The panel tasted the Viognier category on June 21st and again on October 18th. It featured 14 wines from 13 producers, including 2 “world” wines from Virginia and Mont Ventoux (Provence). Learn more about how these wine rated.

The panel tasted the Dry Rose category on March 15th that featured 27 Texas wines from 21 producers split between 48% being labeled as Texas, 41% being Texas High Plains and the remaining 11% being from Texas Hill Country. That average score across the category was 81 points, but the average category score of the Top 10 and Top 3 are 87 points and 90 points respectively. The panel demonstrated an acute degree of consensus with average Panel Consensus score of 0.53, which means that on average the judges on the panel tastes within 2.12 points of each other on a 100 point scale.

The panel tasted the Cabernet Sauvignon category on February 22nd and featured 24 wines from 16 producers and 11 single vineyards. The panel demonstrated an acute degree of consensus with average Panel Consensus score of 0.55, which means that on average the judges on the panel tastes within 2.20 points of each other on a 100 point scale.